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*Massive fight erupts on telegram between turks and persians* *munches popcorn*

LOL. Well yeah, USD or any foreign currency is not legal tender within Indonesia. Thus it held even when given as capital account (loans, investments, bonds etc) and the equivalent in rupiah is converted inside for actual use. Hence why generally the forex reserves is held by central bank...

Here's the issue though. There is some intersection between the ideals and larger objectives etc...but the processes are very different, and the process really matters. Islam for example still (ideally) honours there can be no compulsion in belief given free-will...the story of the Garden of...

Our friend is correct about Cantonese (gwong dong hwa) people are Han. I know the cantonese language fairly well (spoken). There is no real issue among guangdong folks w.r.t mainland (esp culturally), they are part and parcel of Han ethnicity with maybe the linguistic diversity (Shanghai is...

Yeah I mean more for sustained level....sustained average capex and opex. Is there Indonesian white paper etc for its overall projection for this decade etc? Sometimes loans etc help to smooth this out too. I notice Indonesian forex reserve is about 135 billion, its an ok level for its...

Which countries does Indonesia cooperate with to give extended training to submarine officers?

A brief explanation on why the current Govt is incredibly stupid with use of basic terms and concepts (to sound better politically to people that don't really "get" these things): Trudeau: "We (govt) took on debt so Canadians don't have to" .....really says it all.

Liu Xiaobo was a key figure of the Tiananmen uprising, and was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Yet few in China know his name, as the government continues to try to erase him from collective memory. Liu Xiaobo was a human rights hero and intellectual who kept watch at Tiananmen Square in...

New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Japanese Chief of Staff of Air Force, General Izutsu Shunji received Guard of Honour at the Air Headquarters in Delhi on December 10. He will meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat later on the day. Shunji also met Indian Air...

Damn look at what just one dude does: I enjoyed this comment: World : Trying to make a vaccine Japan : Getting prepared for the real stuff =================== This particular one reminds me of grimlock from transformers though.... I always liked Grimlock (probably the most actually lol...

Australian Ambassador to India Barry O’Farrell said that only India can satisfy the world’s demand for Covid-19 vaccines. His comments come after the Indian government took foreign diplomats to vaccine labs for briefing. He said, “There are many vaccines being produced in countries around the...

This is precisely what would have been aided if IN went with N-LCA to augment Mig-29K We could have hosted USN in real life environment to see things for themselves up close...past the initial carrier operation trial. Will be interesting to watch regardless. Its a pretty bold move...and USN is...

I bet @Sinan already watched this heh.

Do we know roughly how soon to this level? I believe right now its approaching 1% level. So 1.5% level by like 2025 or sooner or later?

Thing is all these other parties like the "West" you complain about all have significant power sections within them that call out their issues, concerns and mistakes...and often vote new govts to deal with them (then we debate how successful and unsuccesful they are on it). They are credible...

I think this thread is a good a thread as any to bring up fiscal matter for all these programs (airforce being the most visible, but also navy and army have big ticket plans I have seen). Up to about 2018 - 2019, the Indonesian military budget was around 7 - 8 billion dollar level (by SIPRI...

I get your point. But these days (post cold war) there is not much difference....not much grey middle ground. i.e there is no point to recognition of state (step A) but not having diplomatic relations (step B). India followed A but not B (except for an Israeli consulate in Bombay) during the...

This thread concerning all war material (w.r.t India history) to be put here. Strictly no trolling and all posts must follow the forum rules. There was an issue with trolling within previous thread started on 1971...so it was deleted. No country-bashing. Please delineate difference between a...